windows 8 start menu is back

djkav · 3 Apr 2014 at 20:17

DR-DOS was my black screen of choice.

My best OS to date was AmigaDOS and Workbench. It was a total pleasure to use.

Duke · 3 Apr 2014 at 21:16

Plus Pack

Django x2 · 4 Apr 2014 at 07:46

Glaucus said:
Time for me to eat my hat, they just showed and announced start menu is back with live tile integration. Wasn't clear if this was part if 8.11 or a future update, I'm guessing future as it wasn't in with the 8.11 update segment of Build2014.
And metro apps in windows.

I kindly refer you to my post of almost two years ago where I said the Start Menu would return because End Users and Corps weren't ready for it.

deuse · 4 Apr 2014 at 08:20

Glaucus said:
Time for me to eat my hat,

So are we going to see the video of you eating it? I mean you're a man of your word aren't you?

marc2003 · 4 Apr 2014 at 08:26

edit: wrong thread.

marc2003 · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:10

deuse said:
So are we going to see the video of you eating it? I mean you're a man of your word aren't you?

speaking of hat eating, where is gareth170? i can only assume he's spontaneously combusted after hearing this news.

Elevon · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:26

marc2003 said:
speaking of hat eating, where is gareth170? i can only assume he's spontaneously combusted after hearing this news.

Do you get a free spoon too so all those users can be spoon fed while using the Start menu

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thenewoc · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:27

Well I was almost right with my prediction of where it went wrong and what would be next.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25047815&postcount=32

marc2003 · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:44

Elevon said:
Do you get a free spoon too so all those users can be spoon fed while using the Start menu .

when i reply to someone, i try and make my posts coherent and on-topic. how is what you've said anyway related to my post?

Elevon · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:53

marc2003 said:
when i reply to someone, i try and make my posts coherent and on-topic. how is what you've said anyway related to my post?

You seem to have no sense of humour so no point in me explaining it.

Getting back on topic I'm still very curious to see what they do with Win9 and 10 Start menu wise,it seems they can't change too much because users won't be able to handle it in general,GUI wise they may also be restricted on how much they can change.

I would not be surprised if they start doing minor changes again on Win9,10 etc a bit like Win95 to Win7.

HEADRAT · 4 Apr 2014 at 10:57

They have set the precedent, is seems eminently sensible to me to disable the Metro Interface on boxes that have no touchscreen interface (unless the user wished to enabled it)

HEADRAT

Elevon · 4 Apr 2014 at 11:05

HEADRAT said:
They have set the precedent, is seems eminently sensible to me to disable the Metro Interface on boxes that have no touchscreen interface (unless the user wished to enabled it)

HEADRAT

That's like customisation ie how you can boot straight to old desktop on Win8.1.

I'm more curious on what they will do with Win9 UI for desktop users,will it be similiar to what we have now with minor changes or are they going to still do some radical changes down the road.

linktoinsanity · 4 Apr 2014 at 12:28

marc2003 said:
speaking of hat eating, where is gareth170? i can only assume he's spontaneously combusted after hearing this news.

I am quite surprised he hasn't replied yet...

stuie · 4 Apr 2014 at 13:22

So has this been confirmed is it in update 1 or will it come later down the line in perhaps an update 2 or something?

Glaucus · 4 Apr 2014 at 13:25

Yes it's been confirmed, again it was shown off in the build 2014 keynote 1.
And later.

Elevon · 4 Apr 2014 at 14:46

Glaucus said:
Yes it's been confirmed, again it was shown off in the build 2014 keynote 1.
And later.

I wonder when we are getting DX11.2 for all the gamers out there?

Deleted member 77746 · 4 Apr 2014 at 15:31

Elevon said:
Do you get a free spoon too so all those users can be spoon fed while using the Start menu .

They should give a free Microsoft Silver Spoon in the retail versions of Windows 8.1.1

Lucifurr · 4 Apr 2014 at 15:53

Tute said:
Windows 8.1 OSR 2?

Now with added USB support y'know!

[Edit] Damn, Win95 didn't even have AGP support at release, never knew that and damn that makes me feel old.

Don't forget FAT32

Elevon · 4 Apr 2014 at 16:00

mrbell1984 said:
They should give a free Microsoft Silver Spoon in the retail versions of Windows 8.1.1

At least somebody here has a sense of humor

,I still prefer Win8.1SE to 8.1.1,brings back memories of my old Win98SE gaming days,those were the times lol.

Tute · 4 Apr 2014 at 18:13

Lucifurr said:
Don't forget FAT32

I also remember when I got my first internet connection (28.8K dialup, bless), BT sent me a box of floppies for Windows 95 that installed Internet Explorer v1 on it for me.

I would have been 11 or 12 years old at the time, couldn't afford Microsoft Plus!